{"id":25545,"date":"2003-02-24T18:16:49","date_gmt":"2003-02-25T00:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2003\/02\/24\/elmira-loses-two-holds-on-to-first\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:55:24","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:55:24","slug":"elmira-loses-two-holds-on-to-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2003\/02\/24\/elmira-loses-two-holds-on-to-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Elmira Loses Two, Holds On To First"},"content":{"rendered":"
Elmira lost its third and fourth games of the season, but still kept a firm grasp on the top spot in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll<\/a>. The Soaring Eagles were playing Division I opponent Findlay, and so the games do not count for NCAA Division III tournament selection, and correspondingly do not appear in the USCHO.com East Region Pairwise Rankings (PWR)<\/a>, where Elmira is also No. 1. Elmira finishes the regular season 19-0-2 against Division III opponents.<\/p>\n Bowdoin received two first-place votes in the poll, the only nods that did not go to Elmira. Bowdoin finishes the regular season as the only team in varsity hockey, men’s or women’s to go undefeated, standing at 20-0-3 on the season. The team tied No. 4 Middlebury 2-2 on Friday.<\/p>\n While Bowdoin may be No. 2 in the poll, the Polar Bears are No. 3 in the East PWR, after Manhattanville, which finished third in the poll. The Valiants outscored opponents a remarkable 170 to 21 during the regular season.<\/p>\n